The Virtue of Patience

Patience is an attribute which is loved by ALLAH swt. As-Sabiruun (those who are patient) are praised endlessly by ALLAH swt for it brings about a rational and fruitful outcome to any engagement that is to take place from a situation of difficulty, stress, tension and conflict. Patience during fasting month, patience during tribulations, patience in time of ease and patience awaiting judgement are the few forms of patience worth mentioning here for it encompass what we are going through generally in our life. Patience makes a person uses his spiritual strength and mental prowess to overcome the debasing urge of the animal instinct of rage and anger. It is in the persuasiveness of patience that one find the coolness of the heart to accept problems and challenges that beset oneself. Without patience, man is allowing himself to be controlled by the situation thus rendering himself unable to command over the environment that he has been made to be in charge of.